CS Gigs: W/E Sunday February 5th, 2012

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Corey Stewart

Here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday February 5th, 2012.

Make sure you mark these gigs in your diary in BOLD RED PEN.

Wed 01 – Open Mic @ The Dan (8pm – 12am)
Thu 02 – Open Mic @ The Brunswick (8pm – 11pm)
Fri 03 – Daniel O’Connell Hotel (9pm – 12am)
Sun 05 – FIGJAM @ Mick O’Sheas (2pm – 6pm)

For more information please go to my gigs page.

Hope to see you there,

Corey

CS Gigs: W/E Sunday January 29th, 2012

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Corey Stewart

As I’m now back in the swing of things again, here are the gigs that I’m doing for the week ending Sunday January 29th, 2012.

Make sure you mark these gigs in your diary in BOLD RED PEN.

Wed 25 – Open Mic @ The Dan (8pm – 12am)
Fri 27 – Hotel Royal (7:30pm – 11pm)
Sun 29 – The Duck Inn (2pm – 6pm)

For more information please go to my gigs page.

Hope to see you there,

Corey

A Proposed New Format For My Cover Gigs

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Corey Stewart

For a while now I’ve been looking for ways in which I can do something a little different with my cover gigs.

The reason why I want to do this is so I can stand out from the crowd a bit more while at the same time, I’m keeping things fresh for myself and hopefully I create a point of difference between me and all of the other cover musicians out there.

With that in mind I’m going to trial a different approach to my performances.

In the past, what I’ve done is created a setlist of the songs to play before the gig and then deliver a show from that setlist. What I’m wanting to do for this year is develop a comprehensive list of songs that I can play and then allow the audience to request what they want to hear.

It’s “Corey Stewart/FIGJAM By Request” a concept that has been bouncing around in my mind for at least a couple of years now.

I’ve seen this done a few times by other musicians and I thought that it was a fantastic idea. I know a lot of songs and I’m learning more all of the time, I might as well put them all to good use.

The beauty about letting the audience pick the songs I play is that it takes the pressure off of me totally because it becomes the audiences job to program the nights entertainment. I then become an interactive human jukebox and it allows me to get on what I do best.

Which is playing the songs and entertaining the crowd.

Another idea that I want to develop in 2012 is “FIGJAM Live Karaoke.”

Instead of people singing to backing tracks they have the opportunity to sing with a live band which will make the overall singing experience for the punter closer to a real band rather than singing with the radio.

How cool would that be? Let me know what you think.

Both concepts are still in its very early stages of development but as soon as I’m closer to launching them, I’ll let you all know so you can all be part of the interactivity.

Onward and upward…

Peace,

Corey

Learning To Love The Gigs Again

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Corey Stewart

I officially ended my holidays by playing my first gig for 2012 at the Hotel Royal last night and you know what… I was enjoying getting back in to the groove after a much needed break.

By the end of it all I was getting to the stage where I was starting to actually miss the gigs again, I realised that it’s amazing how much your perspective changes after taking some time off.

Last nights gig was awesome… The songs sounded better, the voice was in great shape, the guitar played easier, the audiences were more friendly plus, the venue and its staff seemed more accommodating.

One of the key things I did was making a point of incorporating a whole bunch of new songs into the repertoire and they all worked, I was really proud of myself and it made me want to play the songs.

No, I would go so far as saying that it made me want to perform again.

I was looking back on what I did over the last 18 months and I was amazed that I did 253 shows in that time.

Now that’s insane…

No wonder that by the end of last year I felt that I had just about enough with the gigs.

With my new found energy I’ve spent most of the last week learning new covers, re-charting the old covers, playing the guitar, practicing the piano, writing some songs and reconnecting with a whole bunch of people.

All in all I’ve been just getting back into the swing of things again and I’ve been loving it.

This coming week the Open Mics at the Daniel O’Connell Hotel and The Brunswick Hotel start up again which signifies to me that life is just about to get a whole lot busier.

All I can say is “Bring It On…”

Peace,

Corey

CS Gigs: Last Gigs For 2011

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Corey Stewart

Here are the last gigs that I’ll be doing for 2011. I’ll be back gigging on January 18th, 2012 so make sure you mark these gigs in your diary in BOLD RED PEN.

Wed 21 – Open Mic @ The Dan (8pm – 12am)
Thu 22 – Open Mic @ The Brunswick (8pm – 11pm)
Fri 23 – Hotel Royal (7:30pm – 11pm)

I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who has come out to my gigs throughout 2011. You have really made my year but 2012 is going to be HUGE and I hope you are all there to share it with me.

For more information please go to my gigs page.

Hope to see you there,

Corey